International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen explains why Gaza is the ‘most intense crisis’ he’s seen in 25 years of responding to humanitarian emergencies and how the IDF strangles aid efforts in the Strip
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Devastation of Gaza City is beyond belief (and just beginning) – War on Gaza Day 681
Israel kills at least 57 in Gaza on Sunday, including 38 aid seekers; 263 now dead of starvation; another school year without school in Gaza; burn any flag you want, except Israel’s, says US judge; wise words (again) from Francesca Albanese
Israel weaponizes shelter in pursuit of ethnic cleansing – War on Gaza Day 680
Israeli forces killed at least 47 Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours, including at least 14 aid seekers; 258 dead of starvation; horrors in Gaza City; hunger strike amidst famine; journalists; West Bank Palestinian killed; US state department stops issuing medical visas for Gaza’s children
On grief and being the only survivor in your family in Gaza
My 14-year-old niece Noor was the only survivor after an Israeli airstrike. I want the world to remember who we lost.
Heat wave intensifies Palestinians’ already unbearable misery – War on Gaza Day 679
Israeli forces killed at least 51 Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours, including at least 17 aid seekers; malnutrition deaths at 251; settler attacks; former IDF general calls Palestinian death toll in Gaza ‘necessary’; another Congress member says “genocide”; watch out, Maersk!
100+ Doctors Who Worked in Gaza Demand Global Action as ‘Colleagues Are Starved and Shot by Israel’
Many Palestinian health workers suffer from hunger, dizziness, and fainting episodes while performing operations and triaging patients,’ reads an open letter signed by healthcare professionals who have volunteered in Gaza.
Israel Hasn’t Prosecuted a Single Suspect for the Oct. 7 Attack
The New York Times reveals some facts about Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons as suspects in the October 7th assault. If Americans Knew fills in a few of the critical items that NYT reporting left out.
40,000 Gaza babies malnourished, as Israel blocks aid on technicalities – War on Gaza Day 678
Israeli forces kill at least 32 Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, including at least 13 aid seekers; 239 known starvation deaths; hardship of every kind across Gaza; Israel’s new settlement plan ‘ends hope of Palestinian state’; Greater Israel; Marwan Barghouti; “Gaza doesn’t need our sadness”
As 4 more starve, Israel keeps “millions of dollars’ of Gaza aid stranded in warehouses – War on Gaza Day 677
Israel kills at least 100 in Gaza, including 38 aid seekers; 239 now dead of starvation; Israel creates barriers for aid groups; Day After plans; medicide; Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in West Bank; administrative detention; priest deported; Greater Israel; US whitewashes Israeli human rights abuses
“A Purely Manmade Famine”: How Israel is Starving Gaza
The International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen unpacks how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.









